israel and egypt well in the case of who receives. all of the village always assume the worst truth or lies fact or fiction also the documents are full to the people for either of those 2 the underdogs al-jazeera world tells the story of a man of many secrets russia might want death of the super spy on al-jazeera. when the news breaks and the racism protests continue in a number of cities across the united states when people need to be heard in the council area line nearly 500 points were destroyed and about 80 percent of this land does al-jazeera has teams on the ground people are just talking about wind and solar as if that's going to solve the problem if want to bring you more room documentaries and life moves on and online.

the in. the in the evening. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top story this hour in the u.s. elections democratic nominee joe biden is pulling ahead in the race for the white house is now one the state of michigan giving him 264 electoral college votes just 6 shy of the 270 required earlier biden said he was confident of securing enough states to win the presidency but the campaign has filed lawsuits to stop vote counting in michigan and pennsylvania while calling for a recount in wisconsin and it's also looking to intervene in a supreme court case to stop pennsylvania counting votes up to 3 days after the election the count of absentee ballots continues in battleground states like

pennsylvania georgia and arizona it's a tight race in nevada where biden has a narrow lead with 86 percent of the votes tallied so far. and this is how those results look on the map with wisconsin and michigan now in this state still in play are here in yellow georgia north carolina nevada and pennsylvania joe biden again just 6 electoral college votes away from victory let's speak to a new manual now bought all this she's director of the aspen security forum and is joining us via skype from san francisco very good to have you with us so there's clearly now a shift in biden's favor across key battleground states it's hard to know of course what the final results will be nuking ly but it's looking good for biden if even if there's still a number of states in contention if biden wins as expected right now will this be

more of a trump loss than victory in your opinion. thank you for having me happy to be here no i think it would be a buying victory you know let me just say a prayer it looks messy right now but this is democracy at work more americans voted in this election than ever before one of the good things about american elections is that you don't know who is going to be victorious in advance it doesn't look like i mean is going to win and i think that means that the american people divided as we are different news sources that we listen to are hoping to come together and have a calmer more thoughtful rational way forward so i do think it's a win for by because i mean you're the clearest state department official the whole world of course is watching this election very closely and iran the while the u.s. has been steen as a beacon of democracy how much does the fact that voice you know we're seeing so much division right now so much contention about the legality of man in dallas

we're hearing about way counts and so on how much how damaging is it to america's reputation you think it can america still hold the moral high ground when it comes to democracy after this. you know a very good question i do think if we go through this process in the institutions work as they are intended no there are recounts the recounts are fair or the judiciary weighs in when they need to weigh in and old to reach every one of relates to the outcome which is what democracy is i think we will again be a beacon for democracies around the world this is never easy in every country where you have a democracy you have different views and how it's run and the key is can we all come together afterwards and move the country forward rather than persisting in the joe biden victory certainly would reassure most tornados the you know. that such chaos as we've seen in the last 5 years it is over for now but how much do you

think would u.s. foreign policy actually change under biden administration especially in places like asia not just in style but but in action how much would change. the tone would change substantially exactly as you just said and i think you'll see. 2 very important things you'll see a real rebuilding of alliances and there is a president by reassuring our nato allies who are a little bit rattled our allies and asia japan and south korea where this current administration has been arguing with them about facing right now i think you'll also get the feeling that the united states can be a trusted partner again i would imagine that if there is a biden presidency will begin paying our dues again to international institutions like the world health organization. we will likely rejoin the paris climate change afford right all of those things that the u.s. is seen to be a good global citizen i think those will change pretty substantially there's

a buy but i know what way increasingly seeing a world split in 2 camps right now china and the u.s. would what a biden administration actually and the spate i mean you talked about alliances. it seems that we're seeing almost a new cold war. yes that china u.s. relationship is the most important bilateral relationship and there is no reason for there to be a cold war i think it's possible for both these powers to co-exist peacefully if in competition with each other and so there i think you put your finger on it really i think in terms of substance you know putting american priorities 1st saying you know we don't want chinese cheating we want our market access if they're going to have their access to western markets calling china out on some of its human rights abuses i think those would very much continue under advisement station

but you can see to abort differences the tone would likely be much more constructive you would once again look for areas where the 2 great powers china and the united states can work together for example on the pandemic and on climate change and i think to the extent that there's pushback on china it wouldn't be as much us versus china but it would be the u.s. and our friends in asia and europe against only china is more important to lists or illegal approaches thank you so much anya for speaking to us we appreciate hearing your views on emanuel is a former state department official joining us there from san francisco thank you for your time thank you. donald trump and joe biden are the 2 oldest presidential nominees in american history and that means their running mates have become more important than ever mike pence and common to have couldn't be more different from their politics to their personalities. and has more senator harrison vice president

pence thank you for being here when vice president mike pence and senator coming to harris took to the debate stage in october viewers around the world witnessed a study in contrasts but when you see what the american people have done over these last 8 months hasn't worked. it's a great disservice to the sacrifices the american people of many so let's talk about caring about the american people the american people have had to sacrifice far too much because of the incompetence of this administration on the republican side 61 year old vice president mike pence who over the past 4 years has proven himself president donald trump's most loyal ally. known for his opposition to abortion the former governor of indiana is an evangelical christian and champion of the religious right critics say pence has been a driving force in the trumpet ministrations efforts to roll back protections for lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people before being chosen as trump's running mate in 2016 pins had openly questioned some of trump's policies after joining the

ticket though pins transformed into an adept 2nd in command who always defer to his boss because thanks to your leadership from early on not only are we bringing a whole of government approach to confronting the coronavirus we're bringing in all of america approach even as head of the white house coronavirus task force pince wouldn't let the news that members of his team had tested positive for coping 19 keep him off the campaign trail. continuing to campaign for trump even as public health officials criticized the decision. greetings an america on the democratic side 56 year old senator camila harris the daughter of immigrants from jamaica and india harris in 2016 became the 1st south asian american and 2nd african-american woman elected to the u.s. senate where she represents the state of california in 2020 as the democratic vice presidential nominee she became the 1st woman of color to be included on

a major party's presidential ticket that i'm here tonight is a testament to the dedication of generations before me women and men who believe so fiercely in the promise of equality liberty and justice for all known as one of the toughest interrogators in congress harris has repeatedly used skills honed during her tenure as a prosecutor and a former attorney general of california while questioning trumpet administration officials during harris's short lived presidential campaign critics questioned her shifting positions on policy issues and her record as a prosecutor but as a barrier breaking running me to joe biden harris an advocate for racial and social justice has proven popular with supporters applauding harris has pledged to offer a path to citizenship to millions of undocumented immigrants living in the u.s. in the final weeks of the campaign and members of harris's team also tested positive for colbert 19 after learning the news harris temporarily stopped

traveling at a bracing reminder that for america's 2020 vice presidential candidates differences in politics policy and personality could not be more stark. let's turn our attention to other world news now and the united nations is calling for a deescalation of tensions in ethiopia's northern region after the federal government launch a military operation their prime minister had declared a 6 month state of emergency in tikrit and has accused the region's ruling party of attacking federal troops but local authorities dismissed sad accusing the nobel peace prize winning prime minister off property in conflict the conflict into gray has sponsored fears of a civil war and further instability in the horn of africa malcolm webb is far and following developments from neighboring kenya. ethiopia was due to hold nationwide elections in august that they were postponed the central government said because of

covert 19 it's a grain regional government said that meant prime minister ahmed and his government would no longer legitimate to grain regional government when they had no doubt organize its own regional elections in september the central government didn't accept the results of that election so we really had a situation where these 2 or thirty's weren't recognizing each other the central federal government and threatened to cut funding to the to grow region is also significant that the majority of ethiopia's armed forces are stationed in the to great region including most of its tanks and its heavy artillery it's again regional government has said that part of the military known as the northern command has defected to its side to the central government refutes that certainly any split within ethiopia's large military along with the grain aligned militias already on that side do pose a very high risk of

a very dangerous civil war and now the reason for so much of the military being based in that part of the countries because of decades of conflict between ethiopia and neighboring eritrea another conflict was finally resolved to. years ago when prime minister r.b.i. made came to power he was even given a nobel peace prize for ending it and now we have a situation where eritrea is allied with the central government in addis ababa so a conflict between baba and to gray could see eritrea being drawn in on this side risks spreading the conflict around the region and destabilizing the whole of the horn of africa. 2 more people have been killed in post-election violence in ivory coast bringing the number of dead to 13 rival factions have been fighting since the weekend elections that return president alassane ouattara to power i mean dangerous has our report of the days after the reelection of president alassane

ouattara was he supporters take to the streets with a victory dance was the mood isn't the same among the opposition many oppose what continued in power saying his bid for 30 years and constitutional while ivory coast has a limit of 2 presidential terms what arises assisted a new constitution which is 60 allowed him to run again the homes of key opposition figures have been surrounded by police after some announced a transitional council saying they would prepare for a new election the government called that and are front to constituted authority. on monday the opposition issued a statement setting up a transitional body in the face of such a serious situation it is important to strengthen security and ensure that there are no surprises the government said it deployed at least 35000 security personnel across the country for the vote at least 9 people were killed in fighting between

political supporters and security forces on election day according to local authorities dozens were also reported killed in election violence. the opposition has denounced the latest actions by security forces and say they will not give in to intimidation says that dichotomy not do these unjustified nighttime armed attacks by elements of our forces bear witness to a serious setback toward democracy and an unacceptable abuse of law and individual freedom on tuesday meet the convoys of 2 cabinet ministers were attacked and some people reportedly killed raising fears of more violence. more than 3000 people have crossed into neighboring countries fearing the outbreak of post-election violence similar to that seen in 2010 and 20 luckily the united nations office of the coordinator for humanitarian affairs says at least 2600 people and i would like

bierria and it expects more to follow in the coming days i may decrease as it is here. kenya's president has extended the country's nighttime curfew to contain a surge in coronavirus cases kenyatta announced the measures will last until the 1st week of january few hours have been pushed up from 11 to 10 pm and will last until 4 am the rate of infections in kenya shot up to 16 percent in october 4 times what it was a month earlier by less of an hour england will go back under lockdown to curb a 2nd wave of coronavirus infections many try to enjoy their last day of freedom on thursday before shops and restaurants shut down for a month is a move the prime minister had promised to avoid but as john a whole reports the country's better prepared this time around. not long ago you could get a haircut and a cocktail at blade clubbing in london so a concept that proved so popular the owners were about to open

a branch in new york here's the new york wasn't. we we had to take you to actually to go 19th of march and it wasn't into everything just went up in the air and the 1st lockdown destroyed a dream despite government help the 2nd may prove lethal full livelihoods i'm still shocked and still. it was it's a show because it's been so quiet sensual and we were just trying to reach everybody and now for the last few days is just so many people receive us and we hoping it's only 4 weeks we're going to be close and loving islam so we're going to try. everything we can to really. it's something the government said wouldn't happen repeat national law just last week the prime minister said it would be disastrous for the economy. but new modeling predicted soaring hospital admissions and many thousands more deaths he was persuaded otherwise we have to face the

reality that in common with many other countries in this part of the world. we are now facing a surge in that virus which this house must now with the measures we've outlined they will expire as all of the members know on december 2nd so ho by night the optimism of summer long wrong the gloom of a winter lockdown setting in the mood one business owner told me is one of panic many people don't believe these restrictions will be lifted as promised in a month's time raising the prospect of lost revenue all the way up to christmas the hope is that lockdown will bring the virus reproduction rate down and lift pressure on the national health service buying time to build better coping strategies in the northern city of liverpool for instance a pilot program from friday will offer every person regular testing with new rapid turnaround tests a possible pathway back to normal life and there is

a glimmer of hope for the arrival of a new vaccine the n.h.s. is putting local doctors on notice to prepare for vaccine distribution by christmas or early in the new year jonah al-jazeera london. international pilgrims have begun performing for the 1st time in 7 months after completing a compulsory 3 day quarantine planes carrying 400 people from pakistan and in an asia landed in saudi arabia on sunday under the new measures only pilgrims aged between $18.50 can enter the grand mosque in mecca for the ritual denmark will call its entire herd of men after 8 mutation of corona virus found in the animals have spread to humans prime minister met a fed accent announced that up to $15000000.00 minks will be killed she said the call is necessary to rule out the virus mutation causing any risk to the effectiveness of a future vaccine. hurricane has weakened to

a tropical storm after making landfall in nicaragua as a category 4 hurricane at least 3 people have died in landslides cause by the heavy rain bonnie rapido reports. authorities in nicaragua are scrambling to evacuate thousands of people caught in the path of hurricane ada. with winds of 240 kilometers per hour the powerful category 4 hurricane hammered the nicaraguan coast for hours as it slowly inching toward landfall when it already that's almost like i'm going to we are taking your things out looking for a safer place to take shelter because of fear to protect ourselves above all we're looking for a safer place to weather the hurricane. the national hurricane center has code an extremely dangerous storm in the community of bill we in northeast nicaragua many families were moved to higher ground over concerns of potentially life threatening storm surge and deadly winds penya market ended up we had to come to this place

because we are not safe in our houses because we live near the beach so we had to come here to take refuge the whole family ada is the 12th hurricane of the 2020 atlantic hurricane season it's also the most powerful storm to hit this region in years. environmental experts say there's a direct link between climate change and the intensity of hurricanes making it increasingly difficult for people to prepare effectively for stronger storms but we cannot prepare we you know we have some very good people working and sastre management and the international community and the government but their resources are very limited as you know. are pairings or. very climate change you know are coming very quickly and change very quickly i've got these new storm.

no ada will weaken quickly as it tracks illand the slow moving storm is expected to dump heavy rains over nicaragua and honduras for several more days raising the potential for deadly floods and mudslides across a wide portion of central america. al-jazeera. aid agencies say it could take months to restore power to some areas of the philippines after typhoon goni destroyed houses and triggered floods across the country at least 20 people have been killed in the world's strongest storm this year jamail and again reports of typhoon go in the the province of and by for only a few hours but the devastation it left behind is beyond comprehension. this is the coastal community of t.v. it was once a busy fishing village of more than a 1000 families this is all what's left of it now. more than 90 percent of the

homes here have been destroyed it took nursery and romeo benedicto 50 years to build their home the only reminder of it now is this. nursy says the water was up to their necks and they had to wade through rough waves to climb onto a wall with their children. but i'm. also afraid so afraid for my children perhaps someone out there may care to help us we are in need of food and blankets we will be grateful for whatever we receive. a 6 year old grandson said papa please i am cold enough read this let's leave this place no he was clearly scared everywhere you turn there is destruction images that give a glimpse of the harding experience that people here when through. even for a region often battered by natural disasters the devastation here is clearly on

president ed this is a community deeply traumatized by typhoon goni and people here tell us they are desperate now they are hungry and homeless. and he was the most powerful storm to hit this year it made landfall in the beagle region early on sunday morning leaving a trail of destruction more than a 1000000 people may need help maxine now is preparing dinner this part of soup will have to feed 3 families tonight to morrow's meal she says may not come at all survivors salvage whatever they can during the day and that night they huddle to sleep on the same ground where their homes once stood keeping their children close they say they were poor but they always had what they needed but typhoon gunny has taken everything away. dog an al jazeera by in the southern luzon region of the

philippines. a bit of sports news now and one of the greatest footballers in history diego maradona has had successful surgery on a blood clot in his brain in argentina the 1986 well cup winner is now recovering in hospital david stokes has more. diego maradona drawing a crowd like only he can even while lying in a hospital bed friends gathered outside a private clinic and one assad has to cheer is named after hearing surgery term of a brain clot on his brain had been a success. it will be out over time and don't know if they did the surgery last approximately one hour and 20 minutes managed to remove the chronic subdual hema thomas successfully diego coped very well with the surgery he was awake and very well. the doctor said the court was likely caused by an accident but that marathoner does not remember what happened it initially been admitted to hospital

in la plata on monday with anemia and dehydration but as things turned more serious he was transferred firm urgency surgery marathoner is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time and almost single handedly led argentina to the 986 world cup he may not have played for 23 years but it's clear how much he still means to the country and who are out of it boy it's the people's player the one that gave his life for the white and light blue shirt diego is the icon among arjun time football players the best of all times in their. marriage donna is currently the coach of argentinian club. he looked frail at the game on friday his last public appearance on what was also his 60th birthday he also left before half time which raise questions about his health there have been messages of support from around the football world napoli the italian club where he spent 7 years tweeted this picture with the hash tag strength diego and

a message to from the real madrid. coached in the d.m.z. dan a fellow world cup winner. we all know the kind of person he is and the player he was i wish things go well for him that is all we wish for him and his family. to do as the fans continue to chant his name outside hospital doctors say mary donna will remain inside resting in his room for at least 48 hours david stokes al-jazeera. before we take a short break i want to show you some pictures from new york city now where there are still protesters on the streets waiting for results of the presidential election in the united states the final results the counting continues in georgia joe biden has been pulling ahead in the race for the white house he is projected to win michigan which will take him to 264 college electoral college votes just shy of the 270 needed and the term campaign is in conceding yet we have more on this very

shortly on on just to stay with us. in an election that's seen as a test of its fossum across a key elected government mammo will vote for a new parliament faced with international pressure over a military crackdown ever engine the slim's will i'm signing sushi's national league for democracy hold on to its majority. may mar lection on al-jazeera. and. as donald trump been good for america everything is in disarray the media of course takin every bit of bait that they can to demolish the fact that america has been

a force for good in the world. from the american people get inspiration from him and the other half cringe you weekly take on us politics and society that's the bottom on the nose for doing 5 job yes i have to would like to it's hard it's not you don't learn about august night something else happened august night who. understood her 18 year old michael brown was gunned down 2.13 songs on ferguson was really a saw me i saw my son in 15. years that i mentor. enough felt like you know at this my time to stand up when the news breaks and the racism protests continue in a number of cities across the united states when people need to be heard in the council area line nearly $500.00 coins were destroyed and about 80 percent of this land does al-jazeera has teams on the ground people are just talking about wind and

solar as if that's going to solve the problem if want to bring you more room in documentaries and life moves on and online. forums. i'm not here that we've won but i am here to report the count is finished we believe we will be the winners democratic contender joe biden. flips to battleground states to take a mess step closer to the white house and. i'm fully bacteria watching al-jazeera live from doha with continuing coverage of the u.s. elections donald trump demands a recount and files lawsuits.